Fish rules perfected, hook, line and sinker

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam has perfected the legal framework of nine recommendations issued by the European Commission (EC) to ensure responsible and sustainable fishing. This was revealed by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường in Hà Nội on Monday. The contents of the nine recommendations were incorporated into the Fisheries Law and passed by the National Assembly, said Cường at a meeting with the Directorate of Fishieries (DF) to re-evaluate the results achieved by Việt Nam in overcoming the EU’s illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) yellow card on Vietnamese fisheries, as well as to welcome the EU inspection team visiting Việt Nam today (May 15) to check the country’s efforts against IUU fishing. “This is a great step that Việt Nam has done so far to confirm to the EC that it is building sustainable and responsible fisheries and raising the incomes of fishermen,” said Cường. On October 23, 2017, the EU officially issued the yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exported to this market because of insufficient efforts to meet the EU regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU. At the same time, the EU recommended that Việt Nam make sufficient efforts for the withdrawal of the “yellow card” by revising its legal framework and ensure compliance with international and regional rules applicable to the conservation and management of fisheries resources. EU wanted Việt Nam to ensure the implementation and enforcement of the revised national legislation and enhance the implementation of international… [Read full story]